Stockholm Network reviews Freedom, Inc.

A warm review from the cold (Baltic) shore

Eye On Europe, N°19

PUBLISHED 2010

Capitalism relies on the freedom of companies to conduct their businesses free from intervention and on the freedom of customers to choose products and services without interference. Laissez-faire literally means “leave-to-do”, yet in Freedom, Inc. Brian Carney and Isaac Getz argue that businesses do not afford such freedoms internally to their own staff. Instead, so many businesses impose rigid and bureaucratic rules that stifle their employees and prevent them from achieving their fullest potential.